ID: 700008509 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008509	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam] (photographic print; Alexander Gardner (1821 - 1882); October 4, 1862; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.XM.482.1)

Note: Twenty-six thousand soldiers were killed or wounded in the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, after which Confederate General Robert E. Lee was forced to retreat to Virginia. Just two weeks after the victory, President and Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln conferred with General McClernand and Allan Pinkerton, Chief of the nascent Secret Service, who had organized espionage missions behind Confederate lines. Lincoln stands tall, front and center in his stovepipe hat, his erect and commanding posture emphasized by the tent pole that seems to be an extension of his spine. The other men stand slightly apart in deference to their leader, in postures of allegiance with their hands covering their hearts. The reclining figure of the man at left and the shirt hanging from the tree are a reminder that, although this is a formally posed picture, Lincoln's presence did not halt the camp's activity, and no attempts were made to isolate him from the ordinary circumstances surrounding the continuing military conflict.

Titles:

[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam] (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Lincoln on the Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland (C,U,DE,English,U,U)

[The President, Maj. Gen. McClernand, and E. J. Allen Chief of S. S. U. S. at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near Antietam] (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

President Lincoln on the Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland, with Major General McClernand and Allan (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Pinkerton, Chief of the Secret Service (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

photographic print [300127104] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs))

photograph [300046300]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

albumen silver print [300127121]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, photographs, <photographs by form>, positives (photographs), photographic prints, <photographic prints by process>)

Classifications:

photographs (preferred)

Creation Date: October 4, 1862

Creator Display:

Alexander Gardner (1821 - 1882) [preferred,VP]

photographer Gardner, Alexander (American photographer and printer, 1821-1882, born in Scotland) [500115196]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500115988] J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 84.XM.482.1

Address Note: (20 June 2014): Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum West Pavilion, Gallery W001C

Display Materials: albumen silver print

	albumen process [300133274]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>, photographic processes)

Dimensions: 21.9 × 19.7 cm (8 5/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

General Subject:

history and legend (preferred)

portraits

Specific Subjects:

	Antietam [7014716]
	.....(Washington county (county), Maryland (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Battle of Antietam [901001348]
	.....((American Civil War, United States history, North and South American history, Named Events)) (ICON)

	Abraham Lincoln (American president, 1809-1865) [500344436]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	Allan Pinkerton (Scottish American detective, spy, 1819-1884) [500372651]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	John A. McClernand (American Union general, politician, 1812-1900) [500372639]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: (Recto, mount) inscribed in ink: "No 16".

Marks: (Verso, mount) two wet stamps: "T.H. Bartlett, 5 Oxford Terrace, Back Bay P.O., Boston - Mass."

Related Works:

	from same negative .... President Lincoln on Battlefield of Antietam [700008966]
	..........photographic print; Alexander Gardner (1821 - 1882); negative October 1862; print 1...; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 84.XO.1232.1.23

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
[President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam]	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Lincoln on the Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland	........ [VP,JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
[The President, Maj. Gen. McClernand, and E. J. Allen Chief of S. S. U. S. at Secret Service Department, Headquarters Army of the Potomac, near Antietam]	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
President Lincoln on the Battlefield of Antietam, Maryland, with Major General McClernand and Allan	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Pinkerton, Chief of the Secret Service	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
President Lincoln, United States Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, near Antietam	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)